News and Newsletters
What is Dominican Chant, and Why Do We Sing It?
Many friends of our community, or those who find us online, know that as nuns we give ourselves completely to God in a life of prayer. Yet what exactly we are doing in our life of prayer is often less clear! In this post, learn about--and listen to--our Dominican chant.
Easter Greetings
Happy Easter! Christ is Risen! This Easter greeting focuses on the Paschal Candle, with a photo of the candle one of the Sisters painted for the first time this year.
Vocation Letters: Easter Exultation
What does Easter Exultation look like in the monastery? In this entry in our Vocation Letter series, Sister Mary Rosaria shares how we enter deeply into the Paschal Mystery of Christ through the monastic celebration of the Triduum, ending in Easter joy.
Easter Greetings
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Joyful Easter greetings from the Dominican nuns at Marbury.
Vocation Letters: Living Lent
Lent in the monastery is a going into the desert--even amid all the spring flowers in Alabama! Read this Vocation Letter to hear about Sister Mary Rosaria's experience of living Lent as a cloistered Dominican nun.
Vocation Letters: Celebrating Christmas
In this Vocation Letter, our fictional novice Sister Mary Rosaria reflects on the incarnational joy of Christmas celebrations in the monastery.
Vocation Letters: Longing for Advent
In the first installment in a mini-series on the liturgical seasons, our fictional novice Sister Mary Rosaria reflects on the special atmosphere of longing during the Advent season. Come, Lord Jesus!
Easter Greetings!
Most joyful greetings for a blessed Easter Octave! We pray that your Paschal observances have been as joyful as ours; may the Lord grant you His Peace this Easter!